Oh, that's good.
My favorite thing to do is
play vet with Toby.
Oh, no, Toby.
Toby makes me laugh every day.
- Carter's childhood's gonna be one
that he can look back and feel like,
"I had my best friend next to me the entire time."
- Carter! Hi!
- We were, like, just back from our honeymoon
when we got a call that
a dog had been left at a local banking center.
As soon as we met Toby,
we knew that he was going to be ours.
Bringing a baby home when you have a dog
is kind of nerve-wracking.
I read all the articles, and of course
when we had the baby, we were sleep-deprived
and didn't do any of those things.
- From the moment we came in,
Toby didn't want to leave Carter's side.
- Toby suddenly got a new best friend.
[laughter]
- Yay Toby!
Yay, Toby!
- How old are you?
- Toby!
- What is your name? - Toby.
[laughter]
- Does Toby want a brother or sister?
- Brother!
- Max is our wild child.
- He's a little bit crazy.
- Max thinks that he's a dog sometimes.
So, that's okay.
Toby's really protective over the boys.
He keeps a pretty close eye on them.
Toby is definitely the best thing for them
when they are sick.
He's right there by their side.
- Toby makes me feel better.
- Six months ago, Carter was on the couch,
has a fever, and is exhausted.
And Toby's, like, whining,
because he's like, "I know something's wrong."
Over the years, Toby has evolved from
a puppy who needed us, to
a dog who now is
taking care of our kids.
- Good morning, Toby.
Can I wear my Superman costume?
How do you put this thing on again? - There.
- I like dressing up in costumes with Toby.
- We have several dog costumes.
- We're going to the farmer's market
for Toby's birthday.
- Carter wants to bake a cake for Toby's birthday.
- I think Toby likes to eat cake. - Cake!
I want to make a dog cake.
I want to decorate it like this.
It's Toby's face.
- Good job!
All right, Superhero. Let's go.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Oh look at, they have a puppy.
- Carter is very sensitive when it comes to
new interactions. So having
Toby there with him is a comfort for him.
- He likes superheroes.
- Can I buy some berries for my dog?
- Strawberries? - Yeah.
They're for you, Toby.
- Oh, goodness.
- Is it good?
- Yeah. Hold this.
Dad, I think this cake is going to turn out really good.
Mom, who do you think was the first, um,
here? Max, me or Toby?
- Toby. - It was Toby.
- Yeah. Toby. - I remember.
- Toby, let's go make you a birthday cake.
I like doing nice things for Toby.
It makes me feel good.
Toby, we're making your cake.
I'm making cake because I love him.
It's a surprise.
I think Toby's gonna like the cake. - I do too!
When I try new food,
I turn to Toby and see if he likes it,
and then I like it.
[laughter]
- I think that's perfect. Mmmm.
Trying that out?
I wonder where all the peanut butter keeps going.
The days are very long with two boys and a dog.
Someone's always hungry.
Our house is never clean.
But Toby and Carter have inspired me to
see the good in the everyday things.
Let's do the bow ties when we wait.
- Carter loves bow ties.
- Here.
Here's all my bow ties.
- Okay, Carter. I think that's good on the paint, buddy.
- Toby's favorite color's blue.
Toby's second favorite color is red.
Perfect.
We're gonna go fast.
- Toby follows Carter around the house daily.
Because of Toby I know that
Carter will grow up loving animals.
- It's the little moments that
they don't even think you're watching.
And so it's the-- the quick hug,
or Carter whispering something in his ear.
It's a true genuine moment.
- I love the secrets they keep.
Toby's not saying a word. - [laughter]
They know that the other one
has their back always.
- Regardless of what happens
on any given day, they have someone to go to.
What are we gonna write?
- I love Toby. - I love Toby.
- You're warm. - Warm.
- Just, I like to snuggle you.
You're my best friend.
[beep]
- The cake's ready!
Go!
I hope it-- it turned out.
Yes! That's perfect!
Max, here. You're gonna help me a little.
- [toddler talk]
- We have a surprise. Don't look.
- Mom, Max is not helping.
- He's trying to help the best he knows how.
- Toby, that's peanut butter and blueberry.
- Carter loves hard, and
he feels like a level of
compassion for Toby
that is just magical.
- That's my favorite.
- Toby would love to be around Carter
as much as he can.
- He knows his little boy is safe.
- Love you.
He can make me have good--
better dreams when I'm close to him.
- It's your birthday!
- You can't see it, it's a surprise.
- Toby, nothing to see here. - Nothing to see here.
Nothing, nothing.
You go--I go first.
- Happy birthday to you! ♪
- Yay! [applause]
- It's your face! These are your eyes.
This is your mouth.
- I'm a little nervous he'll not eat it.
- He's start-- he's going in. - I think he likes it.
You did a good job, Carter.
- Good job, Max.
- I think he loves it.
[laughter]
"You're warm." What is the next one?
"I love snuggling you."
"You're my best friend."
There's Toby, and there's me.
I have one more surprise, Toby.
- You have one more surprise for Toby?
- Bow ties!
- Toby, you look great!
- It's the unconditional love they have for one another
that can inspire not only me,
but the entire world and stuff,
that we should care more about each other.
- I love Toby this much.
My love is bigger than a house.
Bigger than the moon.
Toby's perfect.